There are many LGBT activists around the world. In this class you have been introduced to Harvey Milk and Rick Mercer. As you know Harvey Milk was an LGBT activist and politician in the 1970s. Rick Mercer is an openly gay television comedian and satirist. He speaks openly against homophobia and bullying.
Watch the following two video clips on Harvey Milk and Rick Mercer.
While Harvey Milk and Rick Mercer are both famous LGBT activists, they are certainly not the only ones.
In Canada
- Brian Burke - American hockey executive, founder of myGSA.ca
- Libby Davies - NDP Member of Parliament, supporter of same sex marriage.
- Douglas Wilson - writer, scholar, publisher, fought for LGBT rights in Saskatchewan, also an AIDS activist
- Mark Tewsbury - Olympic gold medal swimmer, fights for LGBT rights in sports
- David Corbett - Canadian lawyer, took the Durham Catholic School Board to court to pressure them to allow Marc Hall to attend his high school prom with his boyfriend.
- El-Farouk Khaki - Canadian refugee and immigration lawyer, human rights activist on issues including gender equality, sexual orientation and progressive Islam.
Why do we still need LGBT activists?
What makes gay activists so important?
Write the answer to these questions on your blog. Support your answer with information you have learned from the following places:
- cacciato-sj12.blogspot.com
- Life and Times of Harvey Milk
- panel discussion
- Laramie Project
- Internet
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